“Some guns were pushed in front of Zabaldíca, but the elevation required to send the shot upward rendered their fire ineffectual.” Napier, ibid.
“’Tis Nature’s storm-artillery ushers in the night.”
“A terrible storm, the usual precursor of English battles in the Peninsula, brought on premature darkness and terminated the dispute.” Napier, ibid.
XXXVII. “Dumb be your voices, while the thunder-chime, &c.”
Bedecke deinen himmel, Zeus,
Mit wolkendunst, und übe!
Goethe (Prometheus).
“Curtain thy heavens, Zeus, with clouds and mist, and exercise thy arm!”
“While roar the elements with rage sublime,” &c.
Nè quivi ancor dell’ orride procelle